Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:11:26 -0500
From: GNeighbors@pflag.org (George Neighbors, Jr.)
Subject: URGENT CONFERENCE UPDATE - MORE FAMILY FUN THAN EVER!! - TO MEMBERS AND PUBLIC
For more information visit our PFLAG web site, WWW.PFLAG.ORG or email the
Balcom Group, our conference coordinator and registrar at
balcomgrp@aol.com.
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URGENT CONFERENCE UPDATE - PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY!!
Annual Conference Attendance -
Our 15th Anniversary Conference IS ONLY 26 DAY AWAYS , and we want
to see YOU!
We wanted to make sure you knew all of the great things about this year's
family conference.
* Special Invited Guests:
*PFLAG Founders, friends and families
*Marsha Scott, Special Assistant to President Clinton
*Honorable US Representative Gerry Studds
*Honorable US Representative Barney Frank
*Honorable US Representative Steve Gunderson
*Honorable Washington, DC Mayor Marion Barry
*Jean Dubofsky, lead Attorney in the Amendment 2 Colorado United
States Supreme Court Case
*Rev. Jesse Jackson , civil rights leader
* Cher, entertainer and mother of lesbian daughter
*Suzanne Westenhoeffer, comedian
*Dot Ridings, former President of the League of Women Voters and
current President of the Council on Foundations
*Gay Men's Chorus of Washington and Holly Near, entertainers
*PFLAG Founders, friends and families
* Celebrations and Socials
*Friday night celebration in honor of the Honorable US
Representative Gerry Studds commitment and years of service in the US
Congress;
*Saturday morning "Honoring the Founders" Retrospective video
presentation;
*Saturday Chapter Awards luncheon honoring Chapters and their member=
s;
*Saturday night Candle Light AIDS Memorial Vigil across the
Memorial Bridge to join thousands of others at the Lincoln Memorial;
*Sunday Interfaith Celebration;
*Sunday Networking- Roundtable Sharing Luncheon;
*Sunday evening Founder's & Passing the Torch Banquet with big band
dancing and entertainment;
*Special Tours of Washington, DC environs produced by the PFLAG
Washington DC/Metro Area Chapter, including the US Holocaust Museum.
* Training and Sharing
*Two day of Lobby training and Hill visits to your Members of
Congress, Wednesday and Thursday;
*Four full day Leadership Training Institutes on Friday:
=46undraising, Prejudice Reduction, Youth, and Project Open Mind;
*More than 60 Workshops ranging from support to building a Board of
Directors to Transgender issues to Equal Marriage Rights;
*Regional Caucuses to share what you and others are doing in your
region and how you can continue to support and share with one another;
*Special Outreach Networks addressing Support [Family AIDS Support,
=46amilies & Friends of Bisexual Support,Families & Friends of Transgenders
Support, People of Color, Straight Spouse Support] and Issue [Advocacy,
Interfaith, Youth] areas.
* Money & Transportation
Remember, the conference is no more expensive than previous ones
and there are many food and social opportunities, too.
If people book now, they will still get 21 day advance on tickets
and many could drive, too!!!!
$SPECIAL EXTENDED RATE$
Finally, any Chapter Member or Leader who registers by October 1,
1996 will get the special rate of $190 per person instead of $235. Any
Chapter Member or Leader who already registered after the last close date
and requests in writing a refund, will it receive after the conference.
Take care and see you in Washington in October.
Thanks for all You do for PFLAG!
= Invited, still waiting on final confirmation.
For more information visit our PFLAG web site, WWW.PFLAG.ORG or email the
Balcom Group, our conference coordinator and registrar at
balcomgrp@aol.com.
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Please note:
Effective immediately, correspondence to George Neighbors, Jr., PFLAG Field
Services Director, should be sent to this address,"GNeighbors@PFLAG.org
(George Neighbors.Jr.)", not "Neighbors@aol.com"
PS: Visit our wonderful, helpful, useful and fun web site at:
http://www.pflag.org
STUFF THAT INSPIRES ME....
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed, it 's the only thing that ever does." - Margaret
Mead
"love much... be strong.... ain't that what it is all about???" Shannon Brad=
y
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the
affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and
endure betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in
others, to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a
garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has
breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
-ralph waldo emerson